Daniela Brigitte Daniele
Daniela Daniele was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and came to the United States when she was seven years old. Daniela earned her Associate’s in Arts from Miami Dade’s Honor College in Environmental Science in 2014. She then attended the University of Florida’s School of Natural Resource and Environment and graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in 2016. Upon graduation, she proceeded to work with Miami Dade College’s Earth Ethics Institute and Friends of the Everglades in addition to interning in Dr. Elizabeth Anderson’s Tropical Rivers Lab. Daniela then joined the University of Florida’s Soil and Water Science Department as a research assistant for Dr. AJ Reisinger’s Urban Ecology Lab. The research, in collaboration with Alachua County’s Environmental Protection Department, focused on groundwater leaching in urban homes.
Daniela received her M.S. at Florida International University in Environmental Studies with a certificate in Water, Environment, and Development Studies. Her work was funded by the National Science Foundation’s Center of Research and Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST CAChE) at FIU. As a part of Dr. Anderson’s lab, her research focuses on the Miami River’s socio-ecological history in terms of river connectivity, river debris in the modern era, and bridging historical water quality data to current conditions of the river.
Contact: ddani025@fiu.edu